Challenge

Snow Globe
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) North Pole Kickers's Villiam Tholsson started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Henrik Back charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Henrik Back the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Henrik Back hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. North Pole Kickers's Folke Bure played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bertram Svenningsen in the 12th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as North Pole Kickers's Villiam Tholsson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Keld Paulsen. That made the score 1-0 after 16 minutes of play. If Villiam Tholsson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Villiam Tholsson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to North Pole Kickers getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Knut Lundgren hit a great ball. Folke Bure made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chris Nygaard in the 27th minute of play. When Denmark's Chris Nygaard in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye North Pole Kickers's goalie prevented a goal. 38 minutes into the match, Anders Byström notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Denmark's Keld Paulsen. Keld Paulsen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Simon Bendtsen hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Denmark were furious when Lars Steen was red carded, 46 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 46 minutes into the game, one of Denmark:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 49 minutes, North Pole Kickers's Anders Byström got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Keld Paulsen. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bertram Svenningsen stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Henrik Back was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 56 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, North Pole Kickers's Henrik Back got a free kick in the 57th minute. A throw-in in the 63rd minute of the game was made by Knut Lundgren with Villiam Tholsson as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 65th minute of the game Knut Lundgren made a throw-in which Villiam Tholsson played forward. The audience was convinced that Villiam Tholsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keld Paulsen was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Villiam Tholsson's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Keld Paulsen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. Denmark's Olav Graversen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Knut Lundgren in the 80 minute of the game. When Bertram Svenningsen came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Denmark fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Bertram Svenningsen couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Bertram Svenningsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Folke Bure was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Kenn Skou made in the 89th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by North Pole Kickers's Leonardo Forsberg. Folke Bure was a little too slow when Bertram Svenningsen got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 98th minute. The score was now 3-1.